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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Caroline Davies and Nicola Davis

Mounjaro maker pauses shipments of weight loss drug to UK

Mounjaro pens
Eli Lilly is due to increase the UK list price of Mounjaro by up to 170% from September. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA

The manufacturer of the weight-loss drug Mounjaro has paused shipments to the UK before a significant price rise for the treatment next month.

The US pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly is due to increase the UK list price of the drug by up to 170% from September amid a White House push to get drugmakers to raise medicine prices in Europe to allow for price cuts in the US.

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